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Predictive Maintenance Technician

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in for than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.

 

Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.

A Typical Day

The Predictive Maintenance Technician is responsible for checking all the equipment that you response for, daily startup check list, work on PM’s, and troubleshoot mechanical issues. 

Job Responsibilities

  • Assist in the development and performs collection of Pd.M. routes/programs.
  • Works with maintenance teams toward improving existing PM and Pd.M. programs as well as developing procedures and/or training to technicians to support improvement activities.
  • Collects route data points correctly and performs additional testing to verify diagnosis.
  • Effective use of vibration, ultrasound, Infrared equipment, i.e. set up routes, alarm limits and diagnose faults and comparative data for proper recommendations.
  • Mastery with precision laser alignment.
  • Recommend improvement opportunities identified through the collection of data to ensure Pd.M. program efficiency and cost reduction. 
  • Work with maintenance team to validate corrective work found through PdM activities is accurate. 
  • Participates in reliability improvement projects to meet/surpass KPI targets.
  • Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical service providers. Perform acceptance tests and inspection criteria for new installations.
  • Demonstrates good customer service skills and motivation.
  • Work in unison with the HCC and Maintenance Team Mission Statements to ensure excellence and to promote quality thinking and actions.
  • Ability to set priorities, work independently, and coordinate multiple projects effectively.
  • Demonstrates a high sense of urgency.
  • Demonstrates critical thinking and creative problem solving.
  • Objectives/Requirements may change in order to better serve our customers.
  • Active participation and ownership in your training and development program and
  • Associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, after shifts and during scheduled days off.
  • Help coach and train teammates and participate in on the job, buddy training.
  • Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures.
  • Hold self and others accountable to HCC’s food safety & sanitation guidelines and Policies by communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates.
  • Participate in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required.
  • Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety first approach at all times.
  • Report any safety issues, observations, opportunities to your teams and follow up.
  • Participate in departmental safety teams. 
  • Member of A /ERT 
  • Promote Company Culture.
  • Achieve common business goals through cooperative alignment with all departments.

What You Will Need

  • English skills must be proficient to understand read, write and speak English
  • High School diploma, or GED from an accredited institution
  • 1 years of Industrial manufacturing experience
  • Experience working with Microsoft Office Software such as Word, Excel and Outlook
  • Must be able to work weekends, holidays and rotating shifts (day/swing/graveyard)
  • Ability to lift up to 60 lbs

What Will Put You Ahead

  • Vibration analyst Level II
  • MLT Level II or Equivalent
  • Proficient in maintaining accurate records.
  • Tactical knowledge of production operations.
  • Proficient in SAP Master Data reporting.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:

  • Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
  • Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
  • Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within the cheese plant.
  • Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
  • Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.

Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.

 

This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned

Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.

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